Overview

• Police in Alwar recovered the decomposed body of Hansram, also known as Suraj, from a blue plastic drum on a rented rooftop after neighbors reported a foul smell.
• The drum was sealed with a stone, and officers reported a slit throat from a sharp weapon with salt spread over the body as forensic teams and a postmortem examine the evidence.
• The victim, a brick‑kiln worker from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, had moved into the rooftop room about six weeks ago with his wife and three children.
• Police say the wife, Sunita, and the landlord’s son, Jitendra, were later traced and taken into custody for questioning, with the broader investigation into motive and timelines continuing.
• A murder case has been registered, investigators are examining a prima facie theory of a relationship between the two, and the case has drawn comparisons to earlier ‘blue drum’ discoveries in Meerut and Ludhiana.